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eastern, but, what was remarkable, on the western coast of Scot- 
land, all seen being in a more or less starved condition. It was 
stated that Mr. M‘Culloch had had some thirty in all sent to him 
to be stuffed. 
26TH Marcu, 1895. 
Professor Thomas King, President, in the chair. 
Mr. John Stephen, Domira, Partickhill, was elected a Life 
Member, and the following gentlemen Ordinary Members of the 
Society, viz.:—Mr. David Maclean, 10 Somerset Place; Mr. A. 
M. M. G. Kidston, Helensburgh; Mr. Robert Blackie, 7 Great 
Western Terrace; Mr. Hugh Brown, Lord Dean of Guild; Dr. 
John Paterson, 27 Berkeley Terrace; Mr. N. Phillips, 18 Melrose 
Gardens; Mr. John A. Roxburgh, 15 Lynedoch Crescent; Rev. Dr. 
William Boyd, 6 Park Circus Place. 
‘On the motion of Mr. James Steel, seconded by Mr. Peter 
Ewing, F.L.S., the Secretary was instructed to convey the hearty 
congratulations of the Society to Mr. David Robertson, F.L.S., 
F.G.8., the veteran ‘‘ Naturalist of Cumbrae,” its late President, 
on the occasion of the honour of LL.D. about to be conferred on 
him by the University of Glasgow. 
Dr. Robert Brown laid on the table a series of dried plants from 
Mount Pilatus and Grindelwald, gathered by himself, including 
Carex atrata, L., C. capillaris, L., Hutchinsia alpina, R.Br., 
Thlaspi rotundifolium, L., Petrocallis pyrenaica, R.Br., Gentiana 
excisa, Presl., G. lutea, L., G. purpurea, L., and Primula 
integrifolia, L., and he made reference to the richness and variety 
of the flora of Switzerland. 
Mr. A. Somerville, B.Sc., F.L.8., exhibited specimens of the 
Rush, Juncus tenuis, Willd., from seven of the nine counties in 
which, since 1883, it has been found to occur, and read a paper 
discussing the footing on which the plant can claim admission into 
the British flora, The home of Juncus tenuis seems to be North 
America, where it extends from Hudson’s Bay to Mexico, while 
throughout Western Europe, where it occurs but sparingly, it is 
more or less sporadic. 
In connection with the foregoing, Mr. Arthur Bennett, F.L.S., 
Corresponding Member, sent for exhibition a specimen of Jwncus 
tenuis from the spot in Herefordshire where the species was, in 
